AT online describes the situation as follows:
Unlike Abbas, who has always ridiculed militants and looked down upon them, Barghouti is very popular with young men on the streets of Gaza and the West Bank. He has plenty of war medals on his uniform, reminding Palestinians of Yasser Arafat during his heyday, and if he decides to sign peace, nobody will accuse him of treason or question his nationalist credentials. Barghouti is a Saladin - the greatest warrior of Islam - when compared to Abbas or the aging and corrupted leaders of Fatah.
He undoubtedly is a unifying force for the Palestinians (much needed in the weeks ahead) yet many within the upper echelons of power in Ramallah would want to keep him in jail - at least for now - because if he is set free, he would certainly run for the next Palestinian presidential elections and win with ease, drowning the ambitions of presidential hopefuls from Fatah and Hamas.
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